Wednesday, April 26, 2006
Hewitt Feels Your Pain posted by bat020
It takes a particular kind of genius to get heckled by the Royal College of Nursing – hardly an organisation known for its strident militancy - but health secretary Patricia Hewitt has gone and done it:Hewitt heckled by furious nurses
Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt has been heckled for the second time in three days by health workers. Ms Hewitt was jeered and slow hand-clapped by nurses at a conference in Bournemouth as she tried to address their fears about NHS deficits.
Nurses were angered by her suggestion they had had big pay rises and debts were confined to a minority of trusts. Her speech ended in confusion as the audience erupted in jeers. It came after she addressed Unison on Monday.
Incidentally check this line from Hewitt for Nu Labour Touchy Feely Managerialism at its most pukeworthy:
"I know that you're angry about the possibility of redundancies among some hospital staff. Anybody facing the prospect of redundancy is entitled to feel that."
Background reading: report on the Unison health conference here + check out the Keep Our NHS Public campaign.
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